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| | Being a place for the planning of communal anime viewing. |
| Being a place for the planning of communal anime viewing. Seasons are named after the relevant anime season; at any given time we may be up to a season "behind" realtime. | |
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| == Future ==
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| === Possible things ===
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| * Ore Monogatari (25)
| | == Spring 2020 Schedule == |
| ** I think this has merit (currently have watched 20/25 episodes). At it's core, it's an unconventional romance, but it has lots of storytelling to do along the way. --maxb
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| * Nodame Cantabile (23+1,11+1,11+1)
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| * JoJo
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| * Gundam Unicorn (7) (really awkward to fit in a schedule, but I've heard so much good about it)
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| * Chihayafuru S2
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| ** How many of us have seen S1? I support Chihayafuru as a great show, but feel that people watching S2 without having seen S1 would be missing out on a lot. --maxb
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| * Barakamon (12)
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| ** Seems promising, based on reading a review. --maxb
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| * White Album 2
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| ** The "2" refers to it being the second anime in that setting, but the storyline is entirely independent. The extent of the overlap is that the protagonists like the same pieces of music.
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| ** Caution: Mild spoilers exist in some episode titles.
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| ** A difficult show to comment on without spoilers. I watched it after having its soundtrack turn up on Google Play Music, and then seeing it turn up in an "if you liked 'Your Lie in April' you might like". In retrospect I should have thought a little more about why it was there. Let's just say the ending isn't all sunshine and happiness and leave it at that. I really liked some parts, and the bits I didn't like I still found sufficiently compelling that I stayed up way too late watching the second half of the series all the way through to the end. Whilst I'm not happy with the chosen direction of the plot, I admire the narrative craft. In the words of http://kotaku.com/white-album-2-is-one-of-last-season-s-hidden-gems-1541072591 (which, if you read, you really need to obey the instructions to skip sections containing spoilers): "If you need a serious romantic drama in your life, there are few better emotional rollercoasters in recent anime than White Album 2. Just don’t expect to come out of it feeling happy and fulfilled." --maxb
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| * Punch Line
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| ** ...suggests Mark
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| ** I feel that there are probably things which can outdo it for a schedule slot, but if you're in the mood for an anime which is mostly wacky/ludicrous style entertainment, yet does manage to wrap up with one of those rare things in anime - a strong conclusion - it could be one to watch. --maxb
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| * Is the Order a Rabbit? (ご注文はうさぎですか)
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| ** I never knew I could have this much fun watching an anime in which basically nothing happens :-) School slice-of-life at its finest. --maxb
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| ** Both Gochiusa and it's sequel are very good slice of life comedies. - YYY
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| * Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
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| ** Starts powerfully, with a very interesting double-length episode 1. Then proceeds to spend episodes 2 through 12 in one long flashback. Episode 13 finally returns to the present and then leaps forward to years after. It's a good story, but I feel slightly cheated by the chosen format. --maxb
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| ** Would it be worth watching just the first episode and last episode? -- AIM
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| *** No, you'd be fundamentally lost about the characters motivations in the last episode. --maxb
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| * GATE (24)
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| ** The pacing of the initial few episodes was a bit slow. However, it really got enjoyable after that, and as we move into the second cour, it's really showing promise. Also, intrigue. Explosions. Dragons. The most hilarious military character ever. I think it's a candidate. --maxb
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| ** I'm impressed - they actually pulled off a good concluding episode that felt like an appropriate narrative stopping point, even though their adventures have only just begun. --maxb
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| * Four Rhythm Across the Blue (蒼の彼方のフォーリズム)
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| ** This was a show in which the plot was almost entirely constructed from standard anime cliches - and yet I still enjoyed it a lot. It's all about the characters and their emotions. And the art and OP/ED music is good too. --maxb
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| * High School Fleet
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| ** Similar in many ways to Girls und Panzer, but so far without a tournament arc, the characters are more competent, and doesn't seem to be a comedy. The plot so far is extremely well paced (as of 4 episodes) -- AIM
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| * Re: Zero - Starting Life in another world
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| ** Guy gets shunted off to another world, where the only thing he's got going for him is that he keeps re-incarnating in the past every time he dies, and a cup of instant noodles. He has yet to find a use for the instant noodles.
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| ** Starts off a bit slow for the first episode or two, but the theme seems to be that he builds on his failures every time he dies, so the later episodes (as of episode 4) seem to be getting pretty good. Main character is a bit unlikeable, but maybe that's deliberate -- AIM
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| === YYY Comedy Suggestions ===
| | One day we might even be able to resume meetings after COVID-19 and actually watch it... |
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| * Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu | | * Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia |
| ** Funniest comedy I've watched. May need to be familiar with Full Metal Panic to fully appreciate though. -YYY | | * In/Spectre (Kyokou Suiri) |
| ** I didn't manage to make it through the first season of Full Metal Panic -- AIM | | * Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Second |
| ** I don't find this as funny as /a/ et al seem to. Not an outright veto but I'm anti. --lmm | | * Chihayafuru |
| * Seto no Hanayome | | * Hands off the Motion Picture Club! (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!) |
| ** High school romance comedy involving mermaids. Ranks second funniest I've watched. -YYY
| | * Domestic Girlfriend |
| * Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san
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| ** Another comedy involving mermaids. 13 min episodes. -YYY
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| ** I've seen this. It's amusing, though somewhat un-complex. --maxb
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| * Sabagebu!
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| ** Comedy about high school survival game club. -YYY | |
| * Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
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| ** Comedy about magical girl detectives who lose their powers. -YYY
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| ** I enjoyed this, I guess I could stand to watch it again. It is very dumb on every level though. --lmm
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| === Summer 2016 Draft Schedule === | | === Ending Alignment === |
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| * Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
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| * ??? (sci-fi; perhaps Ghost in the Shell: Arise?) | | * Sci-Fi: In/Spectre |
| * Macross Δ? | | * General 1: Galactic Heroes |
| * Re: Zero? (slower or experimental show, or sports) | | * Comedy: Eizouken |
| * Archer? (comedy)
| | * Drama/Romance: Domestic Girlfriend |
| * Snow White with the Red Hair S2? (romance/drama) | |
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| === Special candidates ===
| | All running 12 episodes. |
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| * Blood Blockade Battlefront last episode
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| * Gunbuster
| | * Action: Babylonia - 10 episodes next cour (accounting for episode 0) |
| * Girls und Panzer the film
| | * General 2/Sports: Chihayfuru - 13 episodes next cour |
| * Garakowa: Restore the World - a 1h film from Winter 2016, pretty, good music, and interesting enough, though did leave me questioning why they handled the pacing the way they did. --maxb | |
| * Initial D the New Movie (a reboot/retelling of the start of the story with better animation) | |
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| == Spring 2016 Schedule == | | == Future possibilities == |
| * Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood | | === Shows that we considered schedule-worthy === |
| * The Perfect Insider (Everything Becomes F) | | * The Legend of Korra |
| * Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | | ** Mixed feelings. Episode 1 was painful, Korra is like another Subaru at the beginning. Fortunately they ease off the "this character is naive due to her upbringing and we need to show it" pretty quickly. Seems like it could have some promise, but the plot development seems very formulaic ("Introduce Heroine. Introduce Teacher. Inevitable heroine/teacher conflict. Introduce allies. Introduce nemesis.") - does it manage to grow beyond this? Also a bit wary of another year-long show. --maxb |
| * Erased (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi) | | *** Does it ever cease being a fantasy adventure show? No, at least not in the part I've seen. Does it get into more complex/ambiguous territory, develop meaningful longer-term arcs, and go beyond simplistic good vs evil? Yes, absolutely. (And Korra does suffer for her mistakes and start to learn from them - she'll always be headstrong but not to the point of incompetence the way she is in the first few episodes) |
| * Shimoneta | | * Have some reservations about immediately diving into this right after FMAB but I could be persuaded. -MP |
| * Snow White with the Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayukihime) | | ** Have already seen season 1, but would be super enthusiastic for this. - maria |
| | * Ore Monogatari |
| | ** An unconventional romance, with lots of storytelling to do along the way, and some comedy moments. Though the subject matter is completely different, the viewing experience feels a bit like Shirayuki-hime - there is a continuity, but it's very episodic. --maxb |
| | * Akanesasu Shoujo |
| | * Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) |
| | * Kobayashi-san's Dragon Maid 小林さんちのマイドラゴン |
| | ** A light-hearted series with an underlying theme of interpersonal relationships improving people's (and dragons') lives. Best last episode that I've seen for a long time. --maxb |
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| == Precure Easter Special == | | === Shows saved to revisit as backup options if needed === |
| * Precure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi
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| * Precure All Stars New Stage 2: Kokoro no Tomodachi
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| * Precure All Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi (technically shown in a regular meeting)
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| == Winter 2016 Schedule ==
| | * Fate/cooking (Emiya-san chi kyou no gohan) |
| | ** Semi-short, episodes are ~13 minutes each. |
| | ** maxb: Very little happens in this show, but it does so in a soothingly fun way, apt to leave a smile on your face. |
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| * Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood | | === Proposals which have not been fully evaluated === |
| * Planetes | | * The Magnificent Kotobuki |
| * Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | | ** It may seem like some frivolous fun leaning on aerial combat scenes at first, but it's actually some some fair light sci-fi world building by the time it finishes up, too. --maxb |
| * Fate/Zero | | * Hugtto! PreCure (general) --lmm |
| * Girls und Panzer | | ** Enormous committment that will likely be pushed aside, but mentioning just in case |
| * Haibane Renmei | | ** Definitely the best PreCure that I have watched, outdoing HeartCatch, Suite, Yes! 5, Yes! 5 Go Go (I dropped that one). I'd be on board with watching this again. It wasn't perfect (I think they could have used a bit more budget in the middle of the third cour) but it was fun, endearing, and critically managed to avoid over-using the monster-of-the-week formula for most of its content, which is a pitfall many of the earlier PreCures have fallen into to various extents. Given the format of the show, it could actually work to decide to watch 1 cour and then reassess, if people are hesitant to sign up for the whole 49 episode run. --maxb |
| | ** Probably have to give up on this one, as no-one spoke up in favour beyond us two :-/ |
| | * Fire Force (action) -- AIM |
| | ** I watched episode 1 - no strong opinions either way. Needs an action fan to opine. --maxb |
| | * Kaguya-sama: Love is War season 2 (airs from April) |
| | ** I think we all liked season 1 -- maxb |
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| == New Year 2016 Special ==
| | See also: [[Animu/OldProposals]] |
| * Shirobako Special: 3rd Girls Fighter Wing
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| * Short Peace
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| == Advent 2015 Special == | | === Special candidates === |
| * Shirobako Special: Exodus
| | * Gundam The Origin (3/6 watched) |
| * Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
| | * Gunbuster --lmm |
| | | * Garakowa: Restore the World - a 1h film from Winter 2016, pretty, good music, and interesting enough, though did leave me questioning why they handled the pacing the way they did. --maxb |
| == Halloween 2015 Specials == | | * Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? ~Dear My Sister~ (ご注文はうさぎですか?? ～Dear My Sister～) [~60mins] - More GochiUsa for those who liked the TV series. Feels like a 60min episodes more than a movie. --YYY |
| * Expelled from Paradise 楽園追放 | | * "Blame! Movie" -- AIM |
| * Little Witch Academia 2 | | ** https://anilist.co/anime/21498/Blame-Movie/ |
| * Psycho-Pass Movie
| | ** A group of humans trying to survive in a self-replicating city that is trying to kill them. Action/Sci-Fi. |
| | | * Mary and the Witches Flower |
| == Summer 2015 Schedule ==
| | ** https://anilist.co/anime/97981/Mary-to-Majo-no-Hana/ |
| | | ** AIM: I wanted to see this one when it came out, but missed it. |
| * Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood | |
| * Planetes
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| * Fate/Zero
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| * Gakkou Gurashi
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| * Shirobako
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| * Hibike Euphonium
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| == Emergency Holographic Spring 2015 Meeting ==
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| * Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica (fancut)
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| * Battle Programmer Shirase (partial)
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| == Spring 2015 Schedule ==
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| * Blood Blockade Battlefront
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| * Knights of Sidonia
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| * Unlimited Blade Works
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| * Fireball
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| * Shirobako
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| * Kyousougiga
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| * Your Lie in April
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| * Madoka Rebellion (final meeting bonus)
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| == Winter 2015 Schedule ==
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| * Rolling☆Girls
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| * Unlimited Blade Works
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| * Parasyte
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| * Yatterman of the Night
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| * Archer
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| * Your Lie in April
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| == End of Autumn ==
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| * Bahamut 12, Parasyte 12, Mushishi 25-26, Amagami 12-13
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| == New Year 2015 Bonus Meeting ==
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| * Macross Frontier: The False Diva
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| * Macross Frontier: The Wings of Goodbye
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| == Autumn 2014 Schedule ==
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| * Shingeki no Bahamut
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| * Psycho-Pass S2
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| * Parasyte | |
| * Nobunaga Concerto
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| * Mushishi
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| * Amagami Brilliant Park
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| == Start of Autumn 2014 Bonus Meeting ==
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| * Time of Eve
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| * Redline
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| == Summer 2014 Schedule ==
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| * Akuma no Riddle
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| * Knights of Sidonia
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| * Katanagatari (double length)
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| * Mushishi
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| * [[ToraDora]]
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| == End of Winter 2014 Specials ==
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| * The Garden of Words
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| * 5 Centimeters per Second
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| == Winter 2014 Schedule ==
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| * Noragami
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| * Space Battleship Yamato 2199
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| * Samurai Flamenco
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| * Macross Zero (replacing Samurai Flamenco)
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| * Archer (last 2 episodes, displacing Mekakucity Actors)
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| * Mekakucity Actors
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| * Allison to Lillia
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| * Toradora
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| * (Also unofficial Magic Knight Rayearth from time to time)
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| == Autumn 2014 Schedule ==
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| * Little Witch Academia (first meeting, displacing Archer)
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| * Ga-Rei Zero
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| * Space Battleship Yamato 2199 | |
| * Samurai Flamenco
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| * Archer
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| * Allison and Lillia
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| * Twin Angel (filling gap in Archer)
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| * Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! (S1 + OVA)
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| * (Also unofficial Magic Knight Rayearth from time to time)
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| == New Year's 2014 Bonus Meeting ==
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| * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A`s
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| * Macross Plus | |
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| == Summer 2013 Schedule ==
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| * Gatchaman Crowds | |
| * Attack on Titan
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| * The Sunday Without God
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| * Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma☆Ilya
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| * Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music...
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| * Simoun | |
| * (Also unofficial Kiddy Grade from time to time) | |
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| == Spring 2013 Schedule ==
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| * Psycho-Pass
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| * Attack on Titan
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| * Zetsuen no Tempest
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| * Demon King at Work
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| * Archer
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| * Simoun
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| * (Also unofficial Martian Successor Nadesico from time to time)
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| == New Location ==
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| Flat 31, Rosecrest Court, 344 High Road, London N15 4ET. Still 18:45 on Wednesdays.
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| == Moving House 2013 Bonus Meeting ==
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| * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st | |
| * Voices of a Distant Star
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| == Winter 2013 Schedule ==
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| * Psycho-Pass
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| * Shinsekai Yori
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| * Zetsuen no Tempest
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| * AKB0048
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| * Archer
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| * Princess Jellyfish
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| * (Also unofficial Aquarion EVOL from time to time)
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| == Christmas 2012 Bonus Meeting ==
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| * Strike Witches the Movie
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| * Pale Cocoon | |
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| == Autumn 2012 Schedule ==
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| * Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse | |
| * Shinsekai Yori
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| * Secret of Cerulean Sand
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| * Archer
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| * Accel World
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| * Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
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| * DVD-only episodes of Kokoro Connect
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| * (Also unofficial Grenadier from time to time)
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| == Summer 2012 Schedule ==
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| * Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
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| * Secret of Cerulean Sand
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| * Archer
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| * Accel World
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| * Space Bros (dropped after episode ~12, displacing Tari Tari)
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| * Tari Tari
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| * Kokoro Connect
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| * (Also unofficial Seirei no Morbito from time to time)
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| == Spring 2012 Schedule ==
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| * Jormungand
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| * Dantalian no Shoka
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| * AKB0048
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| * Natsuiro Kiseki
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| * Space Bros
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| * Wandering Son
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| * (Also unofficial Seirei no Morbito from time to time)
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| == Winter 2012 Schedule (disrupted by Japan trip and change of attendees) ==
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| * Moretsu Pirates (dropped after epsiode ~14)
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| * Fate/Zero (dropped after episode ~20)
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| * Fireball (short) | |
| * Senki Zesshou Symphogear: Meteoroid-falling, Burning, and Disappear, Then... | |
| * Last Exile ~Fam, the Silver Wing~
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| * Chihayafuru
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| * Princess Tutu
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| * Honey & Clover
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| * (Also unofficial Seirei no Morbito from time to time)
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| == Autumn 2011 Schedule ==
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| * Fate/Zero
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| * Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
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| * Last Exile ~Fam, the Silver Wing~
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| * Chihayafuru
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| * Princess Tutu
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| * Honey & Clover
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| == "Squash" 2011 ==
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| * Read or Die OVA (in accordance with tradition)
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| * First episode of Fate/Zero
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| == Time/Place == | | == Informal planning principles == |
| Lmm's (88 Chesterfield Gardens, Finsbury Park), 18:45 on Wednesdays
| | * None of this is absolute. These are guidelines only and if following them would mean watching bad shows and not watching good shows then we will overrule them |
| | * We watch about 2:30 each week - normally 6 normal-length TV episodes from 6 different shows (watching each show from start to finish at one episode per week) |
| | ** If a significant number of attendees will miss one or two meetings (e.g. during holiday periods) we set aside the regular schedule and show "specials" instead. |
| | * We try to group the schedule into "seasons" (i.e. start and finish a group of shows at the same time) to provide some structure and (at least theoretically) to give newcomers a reasonable point at which to join. |
| | ** Seasons are long enough to complete a "short" show (i.e. 12 or 13 weeks) and do not necessarily align with calendar seasons |
| | ** We aim to start shows when they are still airing, but after enough episodes have aired to reasonably evaluate them (usually three or four) |
| | ** Seasons are named on this page after the "anime season" from which shows could have appeared in that season |
| | *** i.e. if we start a season just before spring ends and summer begins (or even after a few summer episodes have aired, but not enough for summer shows to be considered for the schedule), we will call that season "spring" |
| | *** i.e. at any given time we may be up to a season "behind realtime" |
| | * Avoid falling into a rut |
| | ** We try to enforce a mix of genres by using "slots" |
| | *** Approximate slots |
| | **** Action and/or general fast-paced |
| | **** Sci-Fi |
| | **** General, faster and/or more serious |
| | **** General or sports, slower and/or more lighthearted |
| | **** Comedy |
| | **** Romance and/or drama |
| | ** Slot order is so that the tonal arc of the evening makes some sense |
| | *** This sounds really wishy-washy, but at the same time it genuinely is surprisingly important - we've had meetings where we watched things in the "wrong" order for technical reasons and it didn't go well |
| | ** We can skip, reassign or "fudge" a slot if there really are no good shows in that genre that season, but we should be very wary if we find ourselves repeatedly skipping the same slot |
| | ** "Current" shows generally take priority over older shows |
| | *** If there are not enough schedule-quality shows then we look to recent shows that we considered schedule-quality but did not make the schedule in a previous season, and/or to "classic" shows |
| | * Try to reach a consensus but also to broaden our horizons |
| | ** We largely rely on attendees watching at least the first few episodes of a show and then proposing it for the schedule |
| | ** We try to avoid scheduling a show that any attendee strenuously objects to |
| | *** This is not absolute, particularly if there are enough "vetos" to make it difficult to assemble a schedule at all |
| | * We would prefer to air a show that some love and others dislike (though not hate) than one that everyone is "meh" about |
| | ** This is not to say that shows have to be controversial or provocative (though at the same time we don't shy away from such shows) |
| | *** There is plenty of space for a well-crafted "safe" show, just not for a mediocre one. |
| | *** Shows that are ambitious will ideally be given slightly more leeway regarding weaknesses in other areas. |
| | **** But only slightly. |
| | ** Conversely shows that are content to remain within their genre ("if you want x you know where to find it") will ideally be held to a slightly higher standard. |
| | * We call shows that two or more people supported and no-one strenuously objected to "schedule-worthy" and list them separately below |
| | ** Experience suggests that we will most likely air them sooner or later |
| | ** This is solely as a matter of practicality; it doesn't imply any firm commitment |
| | * We can and do drop shows partway through, even partway through a season, but only when there is a firm consensus for doing so |
| | ** Generally if even one attendee was still enjoying a given show we would not drop it |
| | * The host retains an absolute veto over anything they find genuinely objectionable |
| | ** i.e. not just shows I don't like |
| | ** [[Animu/HostVetoes]] |
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| | == History == |
| | [[Animu/History]] |